Paria in Proconsulari is an Ancient town and former bishopric in
Roman Africa
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and now a Latin
titular see
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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.
History
The diocese (in Latin Rite Pariensis in Proconsulari) was founded in
late antiquity
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in a town of what was then
Roman province
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of
Africa Proconsularis
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. The actual town it was established in, was presumably called Pariah, though its actual location has been lost to us. Despite this it is presumed to be in modern
Tunisia
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Paria was a
suffragan of the
Archdiocese of Carthage
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, in the papal sway. Only one bishop of this African diocese is historically recorded : Felix, an attendee at the
Council of Carthage (646)
The Councils of Carthage were church synods held during the 3rd, 4th, and 5th centuries in the city of Carthage in Africa. The most important of these are described below.
Synod of 251
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, called against the heresy
Monothelitism
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.
Titular see
The diocese was nominally restored in 1989 as Latin
Titular bishopric
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...
of Paria in Proconsolare (Latine / Paria di Proconsolare (Curiate Italian) / Parien(sis) in Proconsulari (Latin adjective).
[''Le Petit Episcopologe'', Issue 217, Number 18,098]
It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank :
:BIOS to ELABORATE
* Edward Peter Cullen (1994.02.08 – 1997.12.16)
* Jean-Paul Randriamanana (1999.06.03 – 2011.11.09)
*
Joselito Carreño Quiñonez
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,
Yarumal Society for the Foreign Missions (M.X.Y.), Apostolic Vicar of Inírida (Colombia).
See also
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List of Catholic dioceses in Tunisia
The Catholic Church in Tunisia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
Dioceses
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References
External links
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Roman towns and cities in Tunisia
Catholic titular sees in Africa
Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Africa